Floor-length gowns and waterfall fashion plans in Petersburg era
The article reviews dress details from pale blue silk waist and guipure collars to luminous chiffon gowns and a new sleeveless jacket trend. It notes St Petersburg seeking a waterfall power source, Kirnemi waterfall near Voksen offering 25 000 horsepower, and fashion notes on coats, tweed wraps, taffeta blouses, and matching skirts with bolero looks.
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St. Petersburg
St. Peters
Finland
Voksen
Kirhnemi
Home Care and Fabric Craft Notes from Sifted Texts
Practical hints cover kitchen cleanup boiling out pots air local varnish work and furniture staining. Includes methods for cleaning nickel with borax and hot water ebonizing furniture with lamp black and turpentine bread knife warming, stair carpet tips, sponge care with buttermilk and lemon juice, plus a description of a Fancy Shirt Waist with wool fabric lace and passementerie details.
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Jayme
Caprice In Trimming Explains Crete Making Techniques
The article describes creating cretes from fabric scraps, instructing readers to frill stik edges and scallop them, then separate the frill from the edge to create fall and puff. It mentions sewing cretes onto skirts to make edges stand out with ruffle-like texture and suggests alternate methods using fabric strips.
Evening Wear and Fashion Notes from Wince the Tea News
Summarized fashion column describing feathered stoles with camellia accents, silvered red straps, new lace blouses with close sleeves, oversized hats, silk and fur gowns, mara bout hats, and a light crepe de chine blouse with gold brown ribbon. Also includes a dainty lunch dish recipe with boiled rice, butter, cheese, and tomato.
Handsome Brown Toilets Described With Velvet Trim
A detailed description outlines two brown gowns. The first features brown cloth, velvet trim, and a yoke blouse with gold buttons, green brown embroidery, and a white standing collar. The basque sits under a belt with a gold buckle, sleeves trimmed to match. The second gown uses brown panne with box plaits, frilled brown taffeta edges, cream lace yoke and sleeves, and chiffon lace elbow frills.
How to Ship Live Chickens and Egg Yields of Hens
Practical advice from the Journal of Agriculture discusses shipping live chickens and fowls with minimal distress, including feeding timing based on journey length and the need to start empty at kill time. It also covers egg yields, noting that many hens underperform and that focusing on breeding improvements over time can raise flock productivity beyond the common 100 eggs per year.
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Journal of Agriculture
Quality of Eggs and Corn Cracking Wisdom
The piece states brown shells offer no quality advantage over white and advocates testing egg richness by breaking the shell to view the yolk, with deep orange yolks indicating quality. It explains country hens and well-kept runs yield orange yolks, while pale yolks come from city hens or poorly kept birds. It also describes cracked corn feeding, noting nutritional content and little change in overall composition besides particle size.
Changing Rations for Hens to Boost Egg Production
A rural advice note suggests feeding changes to stimulate egg output when scarce. Try substituting breakfast grains, adding green food, and widening the hens’ range. Moving pens or farms can help or hinder, while preserving eggs from England mentions silicate immersion experiments for hatching outcomes.
Pruning Two Year Old Vines And Horticulture Views
Instructions on pruning two year old fruiting vines to keep bearing wood near the roots. Grow two non fruiting shoots from near the ground each year to become next year’s bearing canes. Select two strong near root shoots, prune to three bud short spurs, remove any fruit forms, then prune two higher canes to three to four feet. Also cut off winter side branches. Comments from Prof J C Whitten and Prof E A Bartlett on new horticulture for Nebraska and the value of cultivation and aesthetics.
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Prof
J. C. Whitten
E. A. Bartlett
Nebraska Experiment Station
Bailey
Nebraska
Pumpkins as Feed and Celery Storing Tips
Vermon t a nd Pennsylvania stations report pumpkins can supplement pasturage and mix with dry feed without affecting milk or butter. Pumpkins provide succulence though lower protein than carrots or mangels. Also, leave celery in ground until safe to harvest and store in caves or cellars with sand around roots for moisture.
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Vermont
Pennsylvania
Trerenes
Best Age to Procure Feeders in Live Stock Practice
A study discusses the best age to buy calves and yearlings for feeding. Calves require careful feeding, but offer higher returns per feed unit due to early growth and frame building. Roughage like silage aids profits though digestion takes time, with silage digested faster than dry hay. Selecting lambs for yielding meat favors smooth, plump types with compact frames and strong conformation.
Blacklee Investigation Supports Nonoral Transmission Theory
Experiments at the Oklahoma experiment station show blackleg is not spread to animals by food or drink. Calves drenched with pulverized meat from a blackleg victim did not fall ill, but when inoculated with a tiny portion of tainted meat, one calf died in 41 hours and the other in 52 hours, confirming nonoral transmission through feeding is unlikely.
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Blacklee
Oklahoma Experiment Station
Barbed wire use should avoid low pasture zones
A leading stock raiser argues barbed wire should not be within two feet of the ground, especially with sheep horses or hogs. If used at all it should be near or at the top, with smooth woven wire below. For cattle not milked, barbed wire is less objectionable. Many farmers err by placing barbed wire at the bottom and smooth wire on top, causing leg injuries to animals.
Live Stock Notes on Ewes and Wool and Harness Care
The breeding ewes should be kept in two good thrifty condition but not fat. Sheep in good condition now stay thrifty through winter. Wool does not take fertility from the soil. Different breeds of the ass are as numerous as those of the horse. Harnesses require more care in summer than in winter as they are often soaked with moisture.
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Ours
Asmon
Passementere
England
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